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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 35-56(h) OF CHAPTER 35
OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH (1986), AS
AMENDED, BY REVISING CERTAIN RATES AND CHARGES FOR
WHOLESALE WASTEWATER CUSTOMERS, MAKING THIS
ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES,
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PROVISIONS OF THE FORT
WORTH CITY CODE IN CONFLICT HEREWITH, PROVIDING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH.
SECTION 1.
That Section 35-56(h) of Chapter 35 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1986)
as amended, is hereby amended to be and read as follows
"(h) The. following schedule of rates per month, or fraction thereof,
shall be the charges to all wholesale customers for furnishing wastewater
services to such customers.
RATE FOR WHOLESALE WASTEWATER SERVICE
Volume ($/1,000 gallons) $0 7422
BOD ($/pound) $0.2488
TSS ($/pound) $0 1850
Customer ($/month) $ 75 00
SECTION 2.
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code of
the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1986), as amended, except where the provisions of this
ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinance and such Code, in
which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby
repealed.
SECTION 3
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Crty Council that the sections,
paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and, if any
phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared
unconstitutional by the valid Iudgment or decree of any court of competent Iunsdiction,
such unconstitutionality shall not affect any remaining phrases, clauses, sentences,
paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the
City Council without the incorporation m this ordinance of any such unconstitutional
phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
SECTION 4.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect for usage from and after
October 1, 2000, and it is so ordained.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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DATE REFERENCE NUMBER LOG NAME PAGE
9/26/00 G-13027 60WHOLE 1 of 1
SUBJECT ORDINANCE REVISING WHOLESALE WASTEWATER SERVICE RATES
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached ordinance which revises wholesale
wastewater service rates, and provides an effective date of billing on or after November 1, 2000, for
usage of flows from and after October 1, 2000
DISCUSSION
Each year a wholesale wastewater rate study is prepared in accordance with the terms of the uniform
wholesale customer contracts
For Fiscal Year 2001, the wholesale wastewater cost of service study was completed by the Water
Department based on the 1999 wholesale wastewater cost of service study conducted by Black and
Veatch, an outside consulting firm The results of this study indicate the rates, as proposed below, are
needed to recover the cost of providing wholesale wastewater service.
A joint meeting of the Wholesale Water Advisory Committee and the Wholesale Wastewater Advisory
Committee was held August 17, 2000, to present the study and the rate requirements.
WHOLESALE WASTEWATER RATES
Present Proposed
Volume ($/1,000 gallons) $0 5956 $0 7422
BOD (per pound) $0.2093 $0.2488
TSS (per pound) $0 1565 $0 1850
FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION
The Finance Director certifies that the adoption of this rate schedule will have no material effect on City
funds. The Water Department, Customer Service Division is responsible for the collection of funds due
to the City by adoption of this ordinance
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Submitted for City Manager's FUND ACCOUNT CENTER AMOUNT CITY SECRETARY
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